Rings of Neptune
- 1258 – George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by the nobles under future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
- 1758 – Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.
- 1950 – Althea Gibson entered into the U.S. Tennis Championships, becoming the first African American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour.
- 1989 – The Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).
James Watt (d. 1819) · Agnes Mowinckel (b. 1875) · Theresa Andrews (b. 1962)
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